Welcome to uk.media.animation.anime

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Welcome to uk.media.animation.anime
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Edited by Jonathan Weeks (email-address-deleted)
Last revised 17th November 2001
This message is posted every two weeks to the uk.media.animation.anime
newsgroup in order to familiarise new users with the group. This message
may be freely distributed for non-commercial use, providing it remains
unchanged.
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Proposed changes to this or any other uk.* newsgroup are published in
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Group charter
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uk.media.animation.anime was created with the following charter:
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From: Richard Letts <email-address-deleted>
Newsgroups: uk.media.animation.anime,uk.net.news.config,uk.net.news.announce
Subject: Charter for uk.media.animation.anime
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 07:22:40 GMT
This is the initial charter for the newsgroup uk.media.animation.anime
as issued in the newgroup message.
Richard Letts email-address-deleted
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uk.media.animation.anime The UK Anime & Manga scene
Charter: This group is for the discussion of anime (Japanese animation, otherwise known as "Japanimation") and manga (Japanese comics and graphic novels). The group is not intended to duplicate discussion from rec.arts.anime.* but will concentrate on anime-related issues specifically relevant to the UK. These include UK licensing and release of anime titles, UK censorship issues and support for UK fan groups.
Moderation: Unmoderated.
Advertising: None
Binaries: None
Proponents: James Savage <email-address-deleted> Duncan Law-Green <email-address-deleted>
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Other anime related newsgroups
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If you want to discuss anime outside the scope of umaa, there are various
alternative newsgroups available. The main anime related groups are in the
rec.arts.anime hierarchy:
rec.arts.anime.misc main group
rec.arts.anime.info anime related news and reviews (moderated)
rec.arts.anime.marketplace buying & selling of anime related merchandise
rec.arts.anime.models anime related models and modeling
rec.arts.anime.games anime related games (card, video, RPG, etc.)
rec.arts.anime.creative fan-created works (moderated)
rec.arts.anime.music anime related music
rec.arts.anime.fandom fandom (clubs, conventions, fanzines, etc.)
Other newsgroups which may be of interest include:
rec.arts.manga manga
alt.anime.shoujo shojo anime
alt.binaries.pictures.anime image files
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.anime pornographic image files
alt.binaries.sounds.anime sound files
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Useful web sites
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Here is a brief list of useful web sites related to umaa and anime in the
UK. Britanime has the largest list of links to other sites.
Britanime - http://www.britanime.org.uk
anime.org.uk - http://www.anime.org.uk
Animejin - http://www.animejin.org.uk
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Glossary
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The following are short descriptions of terms and abbreviations colloquial
to this newsgroup. Please note that these definitions are deliberately
terse and only a rough guide to help new readers acclimatise to the group.
Additional connotations are beyond the scope of this document.
ADV ADV Films, a UK video label
anime Japanese animation
BFOR Big 'F**k-Off' Robot
BGM Background music
dub An English version of an anime created by dubbing
dubbing The process of adding dialogue to animation
chara Short for 'character'
con Short for 'convention'
convention An organised gathering of fans
DVD Digital video format using CD-style disks
ecchi Lewd, but not pornographic
etchi Alternative spelling of 'ecchi'
fansub An amateur subtitling production
fansubbing The process of creating a fansub
fanzine A self-published amateur magazine
hentai Pornographic
laserdisc Analogue video format using 12" CD-style disks
LD Abbreviation for laserdisc
manga Japanese comic/graphic novel
mecha Giant robots and other 'mechanicals'
MEL Manga Entertainment Limited
NTSC Standard for video signals used in USA and Japan
otaku Obsessed fan
OAV Original Animation Video. A made-for-video anime
OVA Original Video Animation. Same as OAV
OST Original soundtrack
PAL Standard for video signals used in UK and most of Europe
raam Abbreviation for rec.arts.anime.misc
shojo Girl, as in 'shojo anime' - anime for girls
shonen Boy, as in 'shonen anime' - anime for boys
sub Short for 'subtitled'
subtitle An English version of an anime created by subtitling
subtitling Translation of an anime using on-screen text
sentai Live action genre typified by 'Power Rangers'
seiyuu Voice actor/actress
umaa Abbreviation for uk.media.animation.anime
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Jonathan Weeks email-address-deleted
Keeper of the uk.media.animation.anime FAQs http://www.animejin.org.uk